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Music

Shuffled and Paused

Posted on 12 March 2015 by Daniel Carlson

In 2008, I bought or acquired 78 albums , a number that stuns me now but at the time didn’t feel excessive in the least. Now months will go by — years, even — w...

Music

Scattered Thoughts About Bro-Country

Posted on 9 February 2015 by Daniel Carlson

• If you want to understand America, you have to understand the South. And if you want to understand the South, you have to understand country music. • Country ...

Film/Music

In Constant Sorrow All Through His Days: Heartbreak, Outsiders, and American Music

Posted on 20 December 2013 by Daniel Carlson

I wrote about Inside Llewyn Davis, The Broken Circle Breakdown, and using folk/Americana music to process pain. In Constant Sorrow All Through His Days: Heartbr...

Music

King of the Rain

Posted on 31 August 2013 by Daniel Carlson

Counting Crows’ “Rain King,” from their debut August and Everything After, goes in part: I belong in the service of the queen I belong anywher...

Film/Music

This music has been in my head and heart since I was 9 years old.

Posted on 20 August 2013 by Daniel Carlson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgazr_8x0cg

Music

One Man’s Trash, That’s Another Man’s Come-Up

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Daniel Carlson

I got into alternative country in college. After growing up on mainstream country, I was still in love with the root of the sound — open and rangy, purely Ameri...

Film/Music

Take My Breath Away … Again

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Daniel Carlson

In which I take another look at cheesy soundtrack singles, those hallmarks of my youth. Click here for the piece.

Books/Film/Music/TV

Self-Selecting

Posted on 3 July 2012 by Daniel Carlson

There have been a few blog posts and single-serving sites going around recently designed to let you check which of your Facebook friends like certain pop cultur...

Music/Soundtracking

Soundtracking: “Bad Reputation,” Freedy Johnston

Posted on 26 December 2011 by Daniel Carlson

I’m fascinated by how it’s possible to be nostalgic for something that happened in your lifetime but that you didn’t actually experience first...

Music/Soundtracking

Soundtracking: “Leave the Biker,” Fountains of Wayne

Posted on 17 August 2011 by Daniel Carlson

[See earlier installments here and, I guess, here.] I was 14 years old in October 1996, two months into my freshman year of high school. My friends at the time ...

Music/Soundtracking

Soundtracking: “Buddy Holly,” Weezer

Posted on 11 August 2011 by Daniel Carlson

[Working from the idea that all music is an autobiographical experience, I’d like to try and write about certain songs as they pertain to my life. No tell...

Music/Soundtracking

City Girls

Posted on 20 July 2011 by Daniel Carlson

My best friend got me into The Refreshments in high school. This was right before it became impossibly easy to learn about and acquire new music, and getting a ...

Music

Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

Posted on 15 February 2011 by Daniel Carlson

I grew up listening to country and pop. For a kid in South Texas, especially one with a mother who liked country and who kept the radio locked to Y100, this was...

Music

Needles And Grooves

Posted on 19 April 2010 by Daniel Carlson

Just a reminder that I’ve got a Tumblr where I upload photos of my growing record collection, which began last Christmas. Cactus Music and Half-Price Book...

Music

It Won’t Be Long

Posted on 15 February 2010 by Daniel Carlson

I’m fascinated by the fact that The Beatles’ albums were often released in dramatically chopped and repackaged ways to manufacture more content in t...

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